2024-25 R. K. Teetzel Lecture in Architecture

When and Where

Friday, February 07, 2025 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
Paul Cadario Conference Centre
University College
15 King’s College Circle, Toronto ON M5S 3H7

Speakers

Esra Akcan

Description

Please join University College as we host Professor Esra Akcan, Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Architecture, Cornell University, in presenting the 2024-25 R. K. Teetzel Lecture in Architecture. This lecture will introduce Akcan's her forthcoming book, Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster, and focus on the chapter on climate disasters. This book examines architecture's role in healing societies after conflict and disasters, focusing on buildings and spaces in relation to transitional justice and energy transition. It will also introduce the concept of resettler nationalism to provide a nuanced global history and explore the aftermath of the Ottoman Empire's dissolution and similar global examples.

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15 King’s College Circle, Toronto ON M5S 3H7

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